This short story was awarded honorable mention in Writer's Digest 78th Annual Writing Competition.
Being best friends is sometimes hard, especially when you don't understand everything. But I'll never forget Jeremy Michel Myers as long as I live.

A season of love. A season of cheer.
To a joyful present and a well-remembered past.
Five stories of the joyful gift of this holiday season.
Peace, Joy, Love and Lasting Happiness to all of you!
Authors - Leanne Burroughs, Polly McCrillis, Amy Blizzard, Chris Holmes, Kristy Bock

In a lonely street, in a quiet suburban neighborhood, the silence of the night is broken by a hound’s infernal baying. An investigation by a disturbed sleeper reveals unimaginable horror – nightmarish experiments creating human and animal monstrosities.

Something strange is happening to Sally. She is changing into something not quite human. It’s happening to women and girls everywhere, and not just to those in the small suburbs where Sally lives. The authorities are helpless, the world’s experts are baffled. No-one knows what causes it, or how to stop it. Things are never going to be the same again, not ever!

When Polly's parents go away for a week, Great Aunt Mabel comes to babysit. Polly can't wait for Auntie to meet her best friend, Gertie. But when Auntie catches Polly and Gertie chewing filthy bubble-gum they collected from the pavement, she bans them from playing together.
Polly won't let anyone keep her away from her bestest friend. The next day, she sneaks off for a joyride on Gertie's bicycle

When the tiger wind blows, you never know what might happen, especially if you make the mistake and open a window. That's what happens in this story, and it leads to an unforgettable nighttime romp with a tiger wind on the prowl.

Abed - called one of the most disturbing horror stories ever written - was first published in the anthology STILL DEAD, edited by John Skipp & Craig Spector. You've seen plenty of stories of zombies, decapitation, "double-tapping" and gore...but if you've never experienced this story (now a film by Ryan Lieske...